Automobile tool box



C. GIBBONS.

AUTOMOBILE TOOL BOX.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.27, 1921.

Patentad Oct. 31, 1922.

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AUTOMOBILE TOOL BOX.

Application filed January 27, 1921.

To all /10 271 it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES Gnnaoxs, a citizen of the United States,residing at Baker, in the county of Baker and State of Oregon, haveinvented certain new and useful improvements in Automobile Tool Boxes,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in automobile tool boxes.

The purpose of the invention is to provide a compact and convenientarrangement for carrying tools and protecting them while being carried,both from the elements and from being removed by an unauthorized person.

This invention includes a box having an arrangement for one or moredrawers there in, with a shallow recess or compartn'ient formed in thebottom in connection. with the lower drawer, which latter has paralleltransverse runners on the bottom, which have sliding connection with theends of the shallow compartment, thereby helping to close the lattertight, and also forming guides for the travel of the drawer in and outoi" the box.

This invention further consists in a drop door arranged to form. a shelfsubstantially flush with the bottom when open, to make it convenient forthe operator to handle his tools.

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is a view in perspective oi? the box when open;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section;

Fig. 3 is a transverse section taken through the shallow receptacle atthe bottom, and through one of the hinges.

Figure 4 is a sectional view on the line 4.4 of Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the lower drawer.

A, represents the box, and l is the cover or lid connected thereto bythe hinges 2 at the bottom, and the hinges are so arranged that the dooror lid is substantially flush with the bottom when open, and closestight against the open side of the box when shut.

A support in the form OflJWO links 4 and 5 pivoted together is pivotallyconnected to the box and cover to limit the downward movement of thelatter to a horizontal position.

The box is preferably divided into two Serial No. 440,348.

compartments by a horizontally disposed shell 6, although obviouslythere might be more or even less compartments. A drawer H slides overthe upper compartment. This may be in any approved form with partitionsor not, with a drop handle 8 hinged at the front adapted to drop out ofthe way of the cover, when the box is closed. A shallow compartment 9 isformed on the bottom of the box by means of the end and front cleats 10,the same being adapted to receive papers or cards or thin articles whichneed to be carefully protected and preserved.

The lower drawer 11 slides over these cleats and is provided with thetransversely extending parallel runners 13. which span the end cleatsand form guides as well as means for assisting in tightly closing theends of the shallow compartment.

In this way, the draweris guided evenly, and the contents of the shallowcompartment well protected.

Ledges ll are formed around the top and end edges of the door to protectthe contents from rain and the like. The door is provided with a lock 15for fastening the same.

The box might be fastened in place or not, as desired, and might beprovided with a handle or handles.

The drawers may be partly withdrawn or removed and supported on the dooras a shelf, if desired, or one could be placed there, and the otherdrawer partly withdrawn, thus making it convenient to get out all thetools at any time without the bother of repeatedly sliding the drawersin and out.

I claim:

1. A tool-box including a door hinged at the bottom and adapted to serveas a shelf when open, a shallow recess or compartment formed on thebottom of the box, and a drawer having runners which span the ends ofthe raised shallow recess or compartmentto facilitate sliding the latterin and out.

2. The combination with. a box, a door hinged at the bottom, and havinga folding support, whereby the downward movement of the door is limitedto horizontal, so that it may serve as a shelf, of one or more drawersslidable within the box, one having transversely disposed tracks on thebottom, and the bottom of the box provided with a shallow recessedcompartment or recess which the runners of the lower drawer span,

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whereby the contente is better protected, and the sliding of the drawerin and out is facilitated;

3. The combination with a box and a cover or lid hinged at its loweredge to the outer edge of the bottom of the box, of a support in theform of links connected with the cover or'lid, and with the box, and of2L length to limit the downward movement of the lid or cover to aposition in align ment with the bottom of the box, and a drawer slidablein the bottom of the box in position to be pulled out upon the cover orlid as a shell" when the latter is open.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

CHARLES GIBBONS.

